Our Sister Guitar & Stringed Instrument Groups
Colorado is blessed with a thriving guitar community. There are several guitar music groups serving the interests of guitar enthusiasts, and several BGS members enjoy also attending these other groups. Music is like botany in that cross-pollination is a good thing. Here are some of the other guitar groups you may be interested in exploring.
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•Guitar Society of Northern Colorado. Meets the 3rd Monday of each month. For information, visit: http://coloradoguitar.com/.
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•Western Colorado Classical Guitar Society. For information and meeting schedule, visit their website: www.westerncoloradoclassicalguitarsociety.org.
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•Boulder Ukulele Group (B.U.G.) – http://www.boulderukulelegroup.com, meets 2nd Saturday of the month, 10:30 a.m. – noon.
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•Denver Ukulele Community - Den Uke website 3rd Saturday at 10:30 a.m.
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•Rocky Mountain Ukulele Orchestra – http://ukuleleorchestra.org.
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•Cheyenne Guitar Society – 1st Tuesday, 6:45 p.m. http://cheyenneguitarsociety.com
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•Classical Guitar NW Org: http://www.classicalguitarnw.org/
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•A Child's Song, http://www.achildssong.org
A great source for all things art in Boulder:
Cool local music businesses worth checking out:
Local luthiers:
Local performers and teachers:
Classical Guitar - a very interesting and informative site:
http://www.classicalguitar.org
George C. Krick Collection
There is a collection of guitar music by George C. Krick, a 20th century classical guitarist and teacher. The Krick Collection is housed in the American Music Research Center at the University of Colorado Music Department in the Imig Music Building. The collection also includes mandolin music.
http://ucblibraries.colorado.edu/amrc/collection/krickguide.pdf
Websites for Musicians
BGS member Scott Taylor is a website developer who has a specialty in artist websites. Scott creates elegant websites for musicians, students, luthiers and teachers at a very cost-effective price. For more information, visit Scott’s website, http://www.taylorwebgroup.com/, or email him at scotthtaylor@yahoo.com. You can see some of Scott’s recent work at: